England Frame Relay Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Frame Relay skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Frame Relay over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London East of England England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire Horsham London Milton Keynes North West Reading Runcorn Scotland South East South West Swindon Thames Valley UK West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	483	487
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	50	135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.079 %	0.144 %
As % of the category below	0.633 %	1.141 %
Daily rates quoted	17	55
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£423
Average daily rate	£379	£438
% change on same period last year	-13.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£453
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£408
% change on same period last year	-9.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	22
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£34.00
Average hourly rate	-	£38.07
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.52	£39.56
% change on same period last year	-63.29 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching contract IT job ads	7899	11833
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	12.52 %	12.60 %
Daily rates quoted	2106	3111
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£340
Average daily rate	£362	£357
% change on same period last year	+1.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£347	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	1101	1672
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.69	£26.59
Average hourly rate	£27.35	£28.62
% change on same period last year	-4.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.02	£30.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.77	£28.62
% change on same period last year	-2.99 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Frame Relay across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Frame Relay across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Frame Relay across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Frame Relay across the England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Frame Relay within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	+67	30	£399	+5.14 %
London	+21	12	£406	-9.84 %
East of England	+31	3	£272	-27.55 %
Yorkshire	+37	3	-	-
North West	+15	2	£190	-70.76 %
South West	+28	1	£601	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Frame Relay also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Frame Relay.

1 85 (84.16 %) ATM 2 76 (75.25 %) MPLS 3 64 (63.37 %) Cisco 4 55 (54.46 %) Telecoms 5 52 (51.49 %) WAN 6 49 (48.51 %) Cisco Certification 7 46 (45.54 %) BGP 8 45 (44.55 %) VPN 9 40 (39.60 %) OSPF 10 36 (35.64 %) LAN 11 28 (27.72 %) Ethernet 12 27 (26.73 %) ISDN 12 27 (26.73 %) CCNP 13 25 (24.75 %) Firewall 14 24 (23.76 %) TCP/IP

15 23 (22.77 %) CCNA 16 21 (20.79 %) CheckPoint 17 19 (18.81 %) DWDM 17 19 (18.81 %) EIGRP 18 18 (17.82 %) CCDP 18 18 (17.82 %) SDH 19 16 (15.84 %) CCIP 19 16 (15.84 %) Project Management 20 14 (13.86 %) DNS 20 14 (13.86 %) VoIP 21 13 (12.87 %) CCIE 21 13 (12.87 %) IPsec 22 12 (11.88 %) Cisco PIX 22 12 (11.88 %) Spanish Language 23 11 (10.89 %) Fast Ethernet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Frame Relay also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Frame Relay. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (3.960 %) CORBA 2 1 (0.990 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.970 %) SharePoint 1 3 (2.970 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 6 (5.941 %) MS Excel 2 4 (3.960 %) MS Visio 2 4 (3.960 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (2.970 %) MS Project 4 2 (1.980 %) MS Office 5 1 (0.990 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 85 (84.16 %) ATM 2 76 (75.25 %) MPLS 3 52 (51.49 %) WAN 4 46 (45.54 %) BGP 5 45 (44.55 %) VPN 6 40 (39.60 %) OSPF 7 36 (35.64 %) LAN 8 28 (27.72 %) Ethernet 9 27 (26.73 %) ISDN 10 25 (24.75 %) Firewall 11 24 (23.76 %) TCP/IP 12 19 (18.81 %) EIGRP 12 19 (18.81 %) DWDM 13 18 (17.82 %) SDH 14 14 (13.86 %) VoIP 14 14 (13.86 %) DNS 15 13 (12.87 %) IPsec 16 12 (11.88 %) Cisco PIX 17 11 (10.89 %) Fast Ethernet 18 10 (9.901 %) Internet
General 1 55 (54.46 %) Telecoms 2 7 (6.931 %) Banking 3 5 (4.950 %) Finance 4 4 (3.960 %) Government 5 3 (2.970 %) Investment Banking 6 2 (1.980 %) Health 6 2 (1.980 %) Electronics 7 1 (0.990 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.990 %) Billing 7 1 (0.990 %) Legal 7 1 (0.990 %) Auditing	Job Titles 1 29 (28.71 %) Network Engineer 2 13 (12.87 %) Project Manager 3 11 (10.89 %) Design Engineer 4 10 (9.901 %) Network Support 5 9 (8.911 %) Support Engineer 6 8 (7.921 %) Cisco Engineer 7 6 (5.941 %) Network Support Engineer 7 6 (5.941 %) Administrator 7 6 (5.941 %) Analyst 7 6 (5.941 %) Cisco Network Engineer 8 4 (3.960 %) Network Project Manager 8 4 (3.960 %) Telecoms Project Manager 8 4 (3.960 %) Customer Engineer 8 4 (3.960 %) Systems Administrator 8 4 (3.960 %) Network Manager 9 3 (2.970 %) Technical Engineer 9 3 (2.970 %) Systems Tester 9 3 (2.970 %) Network Analyst 9 3 (2.970 %) Test Manager 9 3 (2.970 %) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 12 (11.88 %) Spanish Language 2 11 (10.89 %) PMI 3 4 (3.960 %) PKI 4 2 (1.980 %) e-Health 5 1 (0.990 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.990 %) Dutch Language 5 1 (0.990 %) French Language 5 1 (0.990 %) Italian Language	Operating Systems 1 6 (5.941 %) UNIX 2 4 (3.960 %) Windows 3 2 (1.980 %) Windows 2000 3 2 (1.980 %) Windows NT 3 2 (1.980 %) MVS 4 1 (0.990 %) Red Hat Linux 4 1 (0.990 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.990 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 16 (15.84 %) Project Management 2 11 (10.89 %) Change Management 3 8 (7.921 %) ITIL 3 8 (7.921 %) Migration 4 6 (5.941 %) Load Balancing 5 5 (4.950 %) Network Design 6 3 (2.970 %) eTOM 6 3 (2.970 %) Project Planning 6 3 (2.970 %) Problem Management 6 3 (2.970 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (2.970 %) Security Cleared 7 2 (1.980 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (1.980 %) PRINCE 7 2 (1.980 %) Validation 8 1 (0.990 %) DFSS 8 1 (0.990 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (0.990 %) Six Sigma 8 1 (0.990 %) Business Intelligence 8 1 (0.990 %) Communications Security 8 1 (0.990 %) Network Load Balancing	Programming Languages 1 4 (3.960 %) Java 2 3 (2.970 %) C 3 2 (1.980 %) SQL 4 1 (0.990 %) Perl
Qualifications 1 49 (48.51 %) Cisco Certification 2 27 (26.73 %) CCNP 3 23 (22.77 %) CCNA 4 18 (17.82 %) CCDP 5 16 (15.84 %) CCIP 6 13 (12.87 %) CCIE 7 8 (7.921 %) Degree 8 6 (5.941 %) PMI Certification 9 5 (4.950 %) JNCIA 9 5 (4.950 %) JNCIS 10 3 (2.970 %) CCDA 10 3 (2.970 %) ITIL Certification 11 2 (1.980 %) HND	System Software 1 4 (3.960 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 3 (2.970 %) OpenView 2 2 (1.980 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.990 %) CiscoWorks	Vendors 1 64 (63.37 %) Cisco 2 21 (20.79 %) CheckPoint 3 11 (10.89 %) Juniper 4 10 (9.901 %) Nokia 5 8 (7.921 %) Microsoft 6 7 (6.931 %) Nortel 7 6 (5.941 %) Avaya 8 4 (3.960 %) IBM 9 3 (2.970 %) HP 9 3 (2.970 %) Alcatel 10 2 (1.980 %) CA 10 2 (1.980 %) Lucent 11 1 (0.990 %) Red Hat 11 1 (0.990 %) BT 11 1 (0.990 %) Blue Coat 11 1 (0.990 %) Oracle